Prepaid Expenses and Other

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

As of the dates indicated, prepaid expenses and other are comprised of the following (in thousands):

	October 31,
	2019		2018
Prepaid VAT and other taxes	$	84,706	$	82,518
Contract assets	84,046		—
Prepaid expenses	48,680		32,987
Product demonstration equipment, net	38,900		37,623
Other non-trade receivables	28,136		25,716
Capitalized contract acquisition costs	11,677		—
Derivative assets	1,570		133
Deferred deployment expense	125		19,342
Restricted cash	74		—
Financing receivable	—		626
	$	297,914	$	198,945

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $8.8 million, $9.0 million and $10.0 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

For further discussion on contract assets and capitalized contract acquisition costs, see Note 2 above.